California Biographies
Source:
History of Napa and Lake Counties
San Francisco, Slocum, Bowen & Co., Publishers. 1881
Transcribed by Peggy Hooper 2011
This file is part of the California Genealogy & History Archives
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JAMES MCFARLING. Was born in Belmont County, Ohio, December 15, 1821, and at the age of
eighteen he moved to the western part of his native State and engaged in farming until September,
1843. In that year he continued westward locating in Henry County, Iowa, where he resided until he
came to California in 1849. He first located on Parks Bar, Yuba County, and engaged in mining until
September, 1850, when he returned to Iowa, and after a residence of three years in that State, he
again started with ox-teams, and accompanied by his family, he crossed the plains to California,
arriving in September, 1854. He then located in Nevada County and engaged in mining for awhile. He
then moved to Sonoma County, residing in Knights Valley in said county, until December, 1862, when
he moved to Napa County and purchased his present place of fifty acres, two miles from St. Helena,
and is now engaged in viniculture. He was united in marriage in Muskingum County, Ohio, September
25, 1842, to Miss Eva Moore a native of that State. Their children are, Sarah M., now Mrs. McArthur;
Johnson H; Mary E., now Mrs. James Howard; Rachael J., now Mrs. J. Fruits; Charles B., John and
George, and two deceased.